The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

decided IN ~tleNdlllg Tue AEtt'hi'"'7'
Department to Executive Importance.
30. when the Senate coucur~. the Gem
missioner Of Agriculture Will have 70
seat in the Cabinet. and hr called The
Secretary Of Agriculture. aud bis wife
will assist at tine White House rrcep-
tions on State occasions.
There will also bc in the Department
of Agriculture Il division which shall
I've under the charge Of "a commissioner
of Labor, who shall hold hI~ office iei
four Years. and receive a salary Of -.
/ 900 a year. His business shall be I'd
collect information upon the subject oil
labor, its relation to capital. The hours
of labor, the rate of wages, the cost
of production of the articles produced,
the earnings of the labJriug men and
women, the means of promoting theii
material, social, intellectual, and moral
prosperity, and the best means Of pro.
tecting life and preventing accidents ~
mines, workshops, factories, and othcl
places Of industry.
The Secretary Of Agriculture is EN-
powered by the bill just passed, to JIM
quire into the cause of discomfort which
may exist between employers and EN-
| ployes within the United States, and he
may invite and hear sworn statements
from both such parties concerning mat
tiers in controversy.
Another important step has been TAX
EN- in the Permanent Exposition move
ment. The Senatorial committee on
this subject have reported i'll favor OF
concentrating the great Constitutions
al Centennial i'll 1899, and very properly
Washington has been selected us the
place for holding it.. The committee
! has not yet reported upon the manner
of the proposed celebration, or ia re-
gard to the Quadri-C Centennial Of 1892,
but the action now taken furnishes sui
icient assurance that the entire pro.
gram, as contemplated by the board OF
| promotion and including it exposition
| features, will receive the Endorsement
of Congress.
There are a number of absentees from
Senate Chamber during these exciting
| days of Senatorial contests. Senators
Conger and Mcmillan have not return
ed from their fruitless errands to Sc
cure reelection. Senator Sewell is at
New jerseys capital, looking after his
fences. Senators Miller and Van Wyck
are in New York and Nebraska respeC-
| lively, looking after their interests,
| Senators Voorhees, and Harrison are in
indianapolis marshaliug the opposing
forces, and Senator MaXey went to
Texas in purEist of Congressman Rea-
gan. The race of these rivals caused
some amusement.
Senator Maxey heard of Mr.. Rea.
gan's departure about twenty minutes
after the latter's train steamed away
from the station, andI Immediately he
ordered his trunk and engaged sleeping
car accommodations to Austin. Mr.
Reagan had about threehours the start.
but as he took the Virginia Midland.
and Senator MaXey the st, Louisroutt
it became not only a race for the Seua.
torship, but a lively race, as well, t.
see which would be the first toeuter the
Legislature on opening day.
The House of representatives wa
much stirred TIP over the Anti-Poly
gamy bill. When it came up for con.
consideration on last Wednesday, the
delegate from Utah, Mr.. Game, TOOK
the floor in a long speech which com.
manded the closest attention. He said
the, measure was undemocrat!c, un.
American, wantonly destructive of hu-
man rights; that it set at naught the
immutable principles upon which the
common rights of man were founded.
and turned the Mormons and Their
church Over TO Unsuitable spoilers.
Delegate Game attracted the whole
House around him and excited the in.
interest of the galleries during his spir-
tied defense of the salt Lake hierarchy.
There was a good deal Of difference
of opinion among members touching
the cOnstitutionality of some feature,
of the Mormon bill. 1t proposes to tx.
tinguish what is known as the Mormon
Church, and scatter OF divide its prop
erty among those who do not believe IN
its tenents or practices, Some members
argued that the Constitution, which
prohibits the establishment of any
church or form of religion, was to be
invoked to ~disestablish and extirpatt
Objectionable creed, and that this was
striking rather too deeply at the roots
OF religious freedom. Others argued
that it was useless to call this bill al
assault upon a religion. 1t was an as.
sault upon "a band of men organized
for the purpose of exclusively control.
ing a Territory which belonged to the
people of the United States, and whicl
should be free and open TO all. SC.
The Gall Hook"
place this on the gall hook,
G~eorge?"
" What kind Of a hook" | asked, as
| overheard one OF our theatrical mana